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One of the most complex machines in the world was completed disabled by a small animal. A spokesperson for the large Hadron Collider outside of Geneva, said they had to suspend operations because a weasel got inside a transformer that powers the machine and caused an electrical outage that disabled it…

Twenty-thousand bees pursued and swarmed a car belonging to a sixty-five-year-old grandmother. The owner of the car said she had never seen anything like it before, when thousands of insects flew at the back of her silver Mitsubishi. When bee experts came to the rescue, they captured the queen and were…

A study published in the journal, Computers in Human Behavior says watching videos of cats on the Internet has a positive effect on people. The researchers studied 7,000 people via social media about viewing the videos and how it affects their mood. 36% of participants described themselves as a “cat…

A Detroit man with a fear of spiders caused a fire when he tried to kill a spider with a lighter. The man says he thought he saw a spider near the fuel door of his car while getting gas and tried to remove it. The lighter actually ignited gasoline on the side of the car, the pump, and the pavement. On…

As technology has grown, scientists have found that many objects in space create unique noises or songs. In August 2014, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe heard a ticking sound coming from a comet labeled 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimneko. As the comet approached the sun, it emitted what sounded like…

When Animal Control Officer Joe Dainelis responded to a call about a tiger in the drive of a vacant home, he had real concerns. When he arrived, he was convinced that he was looking at a young tiger lying in the driveway of the home and approached it with care. He grabbed a pole and a shield, and called…

Sissy escaped. In the early morning hours the miniature Schnauzer slipped unseen from its Cedar Rapids, Iowa home. Where could she have gone? Her owner, Nancy Franck, 64, was lying in a hospital bed, stricken with cancer. The faithful dog finally showed up in the lobby of the same hospital 20 blocks…

In Argentina, a court has described a 29-year-old Sumatran orangutan as a ‘Non-human person’ with rights of liberty. The court said the Buenos Aires Zoo was ‘depriving the ape of its liberty.’ A lawyer speaking after the decision said the ruling sets a precedent ‘for other sentient beings which are unfairly…

Mario, who has terminal cancer, asked the Ambulance Wish Foundation to give him a ride to say goodbye to the animals he cared for as a maintenance worker at the Rotterdam’s Diergaarde Blijdorp Zoo in the Netherlands. While laying on his hospital bed, Mario received a goodbye kiss from a giraffe that…

Researchers working on tracking the movements of birds have discovered the animals seem to have the ability to sense and flee an area before bad weather arrived. Scientists were working to see if it was possible to track the birds, when they discovered unique patterns. When a storm system produced deadly…

Scientists in England have developed a system which can automatically classify the songs of birds to identify them. Researcher Dan Stowell from Queen Mary University of London said classifying the sounds are useful when trying to understand how many, and what type of birds there are in a certain location.…

Like the prodigal son, KC decided to take what was his and go to the far country. The 14-year-old dog got loose from his owner while on a walk outside their suburban Detroit home. When he came to his senses he was far from home on out on the ice of Lake St. Clair, 4 miles from shore. Discovered and rescued…

The old adage says a picture is worth a thousand words, but a picture found hidden in the collar of a stray dog only raises more questions about the animal’s past. When the two-year-old pit bull was brought into the Greenville South Carolina animal shelter, workers noticed it was wearing an unusual collar…

Chuck and Elicia James decided it was time for their daughter to have a dog. Their beloved Reckless had disappeared over a year and a half ago during Hurricane Sandy. The whole family had been heartbroken. “It was like losing a family member,” commented Chuck. For their daughter’s 10th birthday they…

Sometimes very simple things can interfere with our plans. In Brooklyn, two lost kitten stopped the city subway system. Authorities cut power to the B and Q lines for more than an hour after a woman called to report that her kittens were loose in the nation’s largest subway system. The power was turned…

Karl Lagerfeld is a multimillionaire German fashion designer. Recently the 77-year-old announced he has fallen in love with Choupette and would like to marry her. The only thing holding him back is the fact that Choupette is a Siamese cat. “I never thought I would fall in love like this with a cat,”…

Marv Hoyt, the former Idaho director of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition was an outspoken wildlife advocate, who has been critical of the mining industries practice of generating pollution that kills sheep and cattle. Hoyt is the former director, because he was forced to resign in the wake of poaching…

A scientific paper published by the National Academy of Sciences says scientists have discovered that porcupine needles contain “microscopic backward-facing deployable barbs.” This feature help the needle penetrate skin and help it stay in place. The discovery could help patients who require long term…

A Canadian oceanographer says though he has been studying the sea for a long time, it still holds many surprises. Canada, which has more coastland than any other nation on Earth and millions of square kilometers of territorial waters, is a leader in marine research. Gerhard Pohle, acting executive director…

Dogs are often called man’s best friend, but for three-year-old Brianna Lynch, her Great Dane is more than a friend, he is a protector. Brianna suffers from epilepsy. Her family says the best medicine she has is Brianna’s dog, Charlie. The Great Dane has never been trained as a detection dog, but he…

When Gilles Cyr, a Canadian man walking through the woods, was attacked by a black bear it was a frightening experience. “When I opened my eyes it was on top of me—. . . . it’s crazy the way it growls. I thought I was dead.” When the bear opened its mouth to bite him, Cyr grabbed its tongue and held…

Inventors in Scandinavia are almost ready to bring a translator to the market that will communicate nothing but the truth. It is a dog-to-human translator called “No More Woof.” It will “interpret the electroencephalography of dogs and match it with one of a few premade English audio recordings.” “According…

After moving into their new home, Jonathan and Melissa Hart stepped out on their porch to discuss their dreams of one day adopting a child. Jonathan bent over to pick up a pair of pants left on the steps. They were not his pants nor did they belong to Melissa. The next evening they watched from their…

When Steve Gustafson heard a cry from Bounce, his small Terrier dog, he looked up to see it in the jaws of a 7-foot alligator. "I just knew that my best friend was going to be dead," Gustafson said. "And I took off." He jumped on the alligator and wrested his pet from its mouth. After a quick trip to…

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests humans have good reasons to fear snakes, and ophidiophobia may rise from the experiences of our ancestors. In the research, scientists document the way frequent python attacks affected a tribe of preliterate, hunter-gathers…